Awarded Grants
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. The vast majority of the grants made by Open Society are to organizations, but we also award a limited number of grants to individuals, primarily through scholarships and fellowships offered across a number of different programs.
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Anti-corruption Research and Education Centre
2019$55,000Descriptionto support a certification program on corruption studies, and organize a regional workshop on cooperation between universities that host similar anti-corruption academic courses
ThemeEconomic Equity & Justice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term1 year
RegionEurope
CEC ArtsLink, Inc.
2019$91,990Descriptionto facilitate collaboration between artists, social organizations, and the community to address local problems and issues through a three-week practical training program for fourteen artists from post-Soviet countries
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term6 months
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
CEE Bankwatch Network
2019$99,970Descriptionto support civil society organisations, communities and local partners to campaigns for sustainable investments to widen the space for civil society in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term20 months
RegionEurasia
Coda Media Inc.
2019$60,000Descriptionto maintain the Russian language version of the website, which educates readers on important political, economic, social, and cultural issues with a progressive human rights lens
ThemeJournalism
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term5 months
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Communities Engaging with Difference and Religion
2019$80,040Descriptionto support the participation of activists and scholars from Eurasia in CEDAR's summer schools in Indonesia and Uganda in 2019, and to hold a summer school in Kyrgyzstan in 2020
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term2 years
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Freedom Now
2019$91,900Descriptionto protect fundamental human rights and uphold international law in the Eurasia region by campaigning against arbitrary detention and addressing associated human rights violations, such as mistreatment and poor prison conditions
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term18 months
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
Hertie School of Governance
2019$88,166Descriptionto support training for emerging policy analysts and advisers from Uzbekistan
ThemeDemocratic Practice
Human Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term7 months
RegionEurasia
Independent Center for Human Rights Protection
2019$74,950Descriptionto promote the respect of the rights of victims of torture and ill-treatment.
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Human Rights Initiative
Term2 years
RegionEurasia
International Accountability Project
2019$70,000Descriptionto support community participation in the design and implementation of development projects affecting communities in Eurasia Region
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Term16 months
RegionEurasia
FunderFoundation to Promote Open Society
NGO Institute of Mass Information
2019$75,000Descriptionto support efforts to strengthen the organisation, making it better equipped to take on press freedom and journalist safety challenges in Ukraine
ThemeHuman Rights Movements & Institutions
Journalism
Referring ProgramEurasia Program
Independent Journalism Program
Term17 months
RegionEurope
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